Knifeman ‘had no intent to kill’

A knifeman accused of stabbing a mother as she pushed a pram denies he intended to kill her, a court heard. Mark Brazant, 43, allegedly ambushed 36-year-old Josephine Conlon from behind slashing her three times across the face, narrowly missing her jugular vein. Neighbours in Downton Avenue, Streatham, southwest London, heard Ms Conlon scream: ‘I have been stabbed’ at around 5.30pm on 30 December last year. Mrs Conlon was discovered with wounds below her left eye and right cheek with…